The question you're raising is obviously a fundamental question, which is how can Parliament justify spending a lot of money on the CBC if the CBC is only getting 7% of the audience, or whatever it might be. That is sort of like asking how we can justify a national Trans-Canada Highway if everyone in the country doesn't cross it. Knowing it's there is important, and some people do cross it. It's also a question of CBC radio, which doesn't get huge ratings but is incredibly important to public service. How many people use the Canadian military? I don't know, but you people spend $16 billion a year on it. So do we have it on the basis of it being something that everybody has to go and look at? No. It's because it's considered necessary to the country.
On May 24th, 2007. See this statement in context.